Balua
Barhara block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802351
· village code 246825
Population 2011
7,829
Census of India
Population 2020
9,365
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.6%
1,536 people · 2.0% a year
Households
1,865
+44.4% vs 1,292 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,829
Male / female
4,225 / 3,604
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
853
Children aged 0–6
1,347
Literacy rate
58.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
735 / 80
Working population
2,177
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.1%
Households
1,292
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
356
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
51
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,288
Non-farm households
552
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 130 / 16
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balua panchayat, Barhara zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹32.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹33.68 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.42 lakh · received ₹7.18 lakh · spent ₹6.02 lakh · left ₹8.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.19 lakh · received ₹10.84 lakh · spent ₹27.65 lakh · left ₹8.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6643, 84.7095 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bhojpur district ·
School
staffing across Bhojpur ·
…and across Bihar